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-<article><articleinfo><title>Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide/Desktops</title></articleinfo><para/><section><title>The
Fedora Desktops</title><para>In contrast to most proprietary operating
systems, Fedora 8 has several <emphasis>desktop environments</emphasis> or
<emphasis>desktops</emphasis>, which are used to display and launch available
applications, and manage the overall appearance of the screen. The desktop environment is
sometimes referred to as a Graphical User Interface, or
<emphasis>GUI</emphasis>. </para><para>The three major desktops
included with Fedora 8 are: </para><itemizedlist><listitem>GNOME, which
focuses on simplicity </listitem><listitem>KDE, which includes a large
collection of applications and customization features
</listitem><listitem>Xfce, which is appropriate for older PCs and laptops due
to its low-memory requirements
</listitem></itemizedlist><table><caption/><tgroup
cols="1"><colspec
colname="xxx1"/><tbody><row><entry><para>
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More Desktop Environments Exist
</para></entry></row><row><entry><para> Fedora's
extensive repository of software offers other desktops as well. To learn how to browse
and install software from the repository, refer to <ulink
url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/SoftwareManagementGui...
Software With
Pirut</ulink>.</para></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table><para>Applications
written for one desktop environment work with other desktops with very few exceptions. For
instance, the <emphasis
role="strong">Open<code/>Office.org</emphasis> office suite runs
on all three major desktop environments. </para><para>Some applications are
created specifically for a particular desktop environment. For instance, each major
desktop has a preferred text editor. GNOME uses <emphasis role=!
"strong">Gedit</emphasis>, KDE supplies <emphasis
role="strong!
">Kedi
emphasis>, and Xfce provides <emphasis
role="strong">Mousepad</emphasis>. However, even if you run GNOME as a
desktop, you can install your favorite KDE or Xfce programs.
</para><para>Fedora provides a wide choice of applications to browse the World
Wide Web, create documents, and display and edit photos. This guide describes the most
commonly installed applications on each desktop environment, as well as useful
alternatives. </para><para/><para>
</para><table><caption/><tgroup cols="3"><colspec
colname="xxx1"/><colspec colname="xxx2"/><colspec
colname="xxx3"/><tbody><row><entry><para><ulink
url="/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide/Introduction">Previous Page -
Introduction</ulink></para></entry><entry><para><ulink
url="/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide">Table of
Contents</ulink></para></entry><entry><para><ulink
url="/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide/Login">Next Page - Logging In to the
Desktop</ulink></para></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></section></article>
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+���<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<article>
+<articleinfo>
+<title>
+Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide/Desktops
+</title>
+</articleinfo>
+<para/>
+<section>
+<title>
+The Fedora Desktops
+</title>
+<para>
+In contrast to most proprietary operating systems, Fedora 8 has several
+<emphasis>desktop environments</emphasis> or
+ <emphasis>desktops</emphasis>, which are used to display and launch
available
+ applications, and manage the overall appearance of the screen.
+ The desktop environment is sometimes referred to as a Graphical User Interface, or
<emphasis>GUI</emphasis>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The three major desktops included with Fedora 8 are:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ GNOME, which focuses on simplicity
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ KDE, which includes a large collection of applications and customization features
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ Xfce, which is appropriate for older PCs and laptops due to its low-memory requirements
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <table>
+ <caption/>
+ <tgroup cols="1">
+ <colspec colname="xxx1"/>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <para>
+ <inlinemediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata width="16"
fileref="/wikidata/rightsidebarsmaller/img/idea.png" depth="16"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>(!)
+ </phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </inlinemediaobject>
+ More Desktop Environments Exist
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <para>
+ Fedora's extensive repository of software offers other desktops as well.
+ To learn how to browse and install software from the repository, refer to
+ <ulink
url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/SoftwareManagementGui...
+ Managing Software With Pirut</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ <para>
+ Applications written for one desktop environment work with other desktops with very
few exceptions.
+ For instance, the <emphasis
role="strong">OpenOffice.org</emphasis> office suite runs on all three
major desktop environments
+ . </para>
+ <para>
+ Some applications are created specifically for a particular desktop environment.
+ For instance, each major desktop has a preferred text editor. GNOME uses
+ <emphasis role="strong">
+ Gedit
+ </emphasis>,
+ KDE supplies
+ <emphasis role="strong">
+ Kedit
+ </emphasis>
+ , and Xfce provides
+ <emphasis role="strong">
+ Mousepad
+ </emphasis>.
+ However, even if you run GNOME as a desktop, you can install your favorite KDE or
Xfce programs.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Fedora provides a wide choice of applications to browse the World Wide Web, create
documents,
+ and display and edit photos.
+ This guide describes the most commonly installed applications on each desktop
environment, as well as useful alternatives.
+ </para>
+ <para/>
+ <para>
+ </para>
+ <table>
+ <caption/>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <colspec colname="xxx1"/>
+ <colspec colname="xxx2"/>
+ <colspec colname="xxx3"/>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry>
+ <para>
+ <ulink
url="/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide/Introduction">Previous Page -
Introduction
+ </ulink>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide">Table of Contents
+ </ulink>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ <entry>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="/wiki/Docs/Drafts/DesktopUserGuide/Login">Next Page -
Logging In to the Desktop
+ </ulink>
+ </para>
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </section>
+ </article>
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